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Adjusting the Black Balance and the White Balance
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Chapter 3 Adjustments and Settings for Shooting
a)White balance setting values are stored in
memory B only when the WHITE SWITCH <B>
item is set to “MEM” on the WHITE SETTING
page of the OPERATION menu.
If the setting of the GAIN selector or WHITE
BAL switch is changed, a message reporting
the new setting position appears for about 3
seconds in the setting change and adjustment
progress message display area of the
viewfinder screen.
2 Set the FILTER selector to suit the
lighting conditions as follows.
The possible settings of the FILTER selector
and their corresponding filters to be selected
are listed below.
If the setting of the FILTER selector is
changed, a message reporting the setting
appears for about 3 seconds in the setting
change and adjustment progress message
display area of the viewfinder screen (in
display mode 3).
3 Place a white test card under the same
lighting conditions as for the subject to
be shot and zoom up to it.
Alternatively, any white object such as a
cloth or a wall can be used.
The absolute minimum white area is as
follows.
Note
Make sure there are not bright spots in the
rectangle.
4 Adjust the lens iris.
Manually adjusted lens: set the iris to an
appropriate setting.
Lens with automatic iris: set the automatic/
manual switch on the lens to automatic.
5 Flick the AUTO W/B BAL switch to
WHT and then release the switch.
The switch returns to the center position, and
the adjustment is executed.
During adjustment, the message
“AWB:EXECUTING WHITE BALANCE”
is displayed on the viewfinder screen (in
display mode 2 or 3).
FILTER selector (inner knob)
setting
ND filter
1 CLEAR
2
1
/
4
ND
3
1
/
16
ND
4
1
/
64
ND
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1FILTER selector
2GAIN selector: Set as low as possible.
3OUTPUT/DCC switch: CAM
4WHITE BAL switch: A or B
a)
The white object must be within the
rectangle and have an area of at least 10%
of the screen.
Rectangle centered on the screen. The
lengths of the sides are 70% of the length
and width of the screen.
AUTO W/B BAL switch